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STRIPPER DISMEMBERED-TRIAL Trial set for man accused of killing and dismembering dancer GRETNA, La. (AP) – Trial is set to open Monday for a man accused of killing a New Orleans’ French Quarter stripper, dismembering […]

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PRESCRIPTION DRUG RING Judge allows Georgia doctor more time to consider plea GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – A federal judge is giving a Georgia doctor accused of running a prescription pill ring in Harrison County, Mississippi, […]

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GRADUATION CHARGES Mississippi school district drops cheering charges SENATOBIA, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi school superintendent who pressed charges against people for cheering at a high school graduation has now dropped the charges. According to […]

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GULF OIL SPILL-TRIAL Deliberations near in ex-BP executive’s oil spill trial NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Closing arguments have been scheduled in the case of David Rainey, the former BP executive charged with lying to federal […]

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GRADUATION CHARGES School official presses charges for cheering at graduation SENATOBIA, Miss. (AP) – Can cheering be criminal? One Mississippi school superintendent says yes, and he swore out charges against three people for doing it. […]

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EPA-SMOG ENFORCEMENT Appeals court sides with EPA on air pollution limits WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal appeals court says the Environmental Protection Agency complied with the law in deciding which areas of the country failed […]

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SCHOOL FUNDING AMENDMENT Judge’s rewrite of ballot title is final, attorneys argue JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi attorney general’s office and attorneys for an Oxford parent say there’s no legal right for anyone to […]

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RAIN-MISSISSIPPI FARMERS Floods delay some planting, forces other farmers to replant TUPELO, Miss. (AP) – Recent flooding has caused some Northeast Mississippi farmers to delay planting while forcing others to replant when the rain clears. […]

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SHRIMP SEASON-MISSISSIPPI 2015 shrimp season opens Wednesday BILOXI, Miss. (AP) – Fresh Mississippi shrimp can be caught beginning Wednesday. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources says in a news release that fishermen can trawl state […]

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – JAYESS SLAYING-APPEAL Mississippi man wins new trial in girlfriend’s death JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi man convicted in 2012 in the death of his girlfriend has won a new trial […]